Storylines in the physics teaching content of an upper secondary school classroom

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Table 1. An overview of the physics content presented within the three presentations.

Ann-Sofie’s presentation (21 min)	A physics problem was solved on the white-board that concerned a bouncing ball which was related to the laboratory practical the week earlier. Other physics topics discussed were impulse and the law of conservation of energy.
Lennart’s presentation (22 min)	Linear momentum and impulse was introduced for the students on the white-board. Other physics topics discussed were vectors/scalars and SI-units.
Hjalmar’s presentation (25 min)	Conservation of mechanical energy and different forms of collisions were introduced for the students. Thereafter a physics problem was solved on the white-board that concerned a book sliding on a plane and where the friction coefficient was un-known.

Table 2. An overview of storylines described, most dominating storyline, i.e. quantitatively most coded in bold.

	Ann-Sofie’s presentation	Lennart’s presentation	Hjalmar’s presentation
Physics lesson constituting storylines	reaching a solution to textbook problems gaining conceptual knowledge preparing for the upcoming exam dealing with physics as empirical enquiry	gaining conceptual knowledge reaching a solution to textbook problems	reaching a solution to textbook problems. gaining conceptual knowledge preparing for the upcoming exam
Community constituting storylines	mastering physics having a feeling for physics appreciating physics	mastering physics	mastering physics appreciating physics